Stock drinking-fountain.



J. J. McCOURT.

STOCK DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. 19:3.

1,205,232, PatenteglHElfm 21, 1916.

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STOCK DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED 8.5.1913,

1,205,232. Patented NOV..21, 1916.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR I p cm W JOHN J'. MCCOURT, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEBRASKA.

STOCK DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed April 5, 1913. Serial No. 759,146.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. MGOOURT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Knox and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock Drinking-Fountains, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for supplying drinking water to stockand poultry, and has for its primary object the provision of a sanitarydrinking fountain, which is provided with means for preventing the watermaintained in the drinking trough from freezing during cold weather.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a device of thisnature which is strong and durable, and by means of which a considerablequantity of water may be maintained at a temperature above freezingduring cold weather at a reasonably small cost and little labor,

A still further object of this invention is to provide an improveddrinking fountain which will maintain a uniform level of water in thedrinln'ng trough; to surround the drinking trough with a vacuum or deadair chamber, which will aid in preventing the freezing of the water andto provide a novel and efficient heating plant for the same.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists insuch novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of thevarious parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustratedin the accompanying drawings, and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters designate like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a side elevation of the improved drinking fountain; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view throughthe center thereof; Fig. 3 is a crosssectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and showing the heatingapparatus removed from the fountain proper; and Fig. 4 is a sideelevational view showing parts of the improved fountain in a positiondifferent from that shown in the other views, and also showing parts incross section.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 designates the outer casing ofthe drinking fountain which is cylindrical in shape, being constructedof any desirable sheet metal or other material, and having its upper endclosed by a closure 2 which is secured to the same in any suitablemanner. The closure 2 has centrally located therein a depending portion3 which is provided with an internal screw-threaded aperture extendingtherethrough. A cap or closure 4, which is practically a combinationfunnel and cap, has depending members 5 and 6 secured to its oppositeends, the depending member 5 being provided with external screw threadswhich engage the internal screw threads of the member 3 when the bodyportion 1 of the drinking fountain has a sufficient amount of watertherein. The member 5 is secured to a cross bar 7 which is attached tothe inner surface of the sides of the member 4, and passes diagonallyacross the member. The end 8 of the member 4, which has the dependingmember 6 secured thereto, is curved outwardly, as is clearly shown bythe drawings. A filtering screen 9 is mounted in the depending member 6and tends to keep all foreign particles which may be in the water out ofthe tank, which is formed by-the outer casing 1, when the water is beingpoured into the same. When it is de-- sired to pour" water into thetank, the member 4 is inverted, and the depending member 6 is insertedinto the member 3, and water being poured into the open end of themember 4 will pass through the opening in the depending member 6,through the screen 9 and into the tank, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings. When the member 4 is placed upon the closure 2 in themanner, as is illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, an airtight jointis formed between the two, and tends to create a vacuum in the interiorof the tank, after the same has been filled with water.

A compartment 10 is centrally located within the tank and secured to thebottom of the same, and having communication with the exterior of thetank through the opening 11 in the outer casing 1, which opening isclosed by a sliding door 12. The door 12 is slidably mounted inguideways 13, which are secured to the outer surface of the casing 1,and has a transparent member 14 mounted near the upper end of the same.portion of the door 12 is provided with a cut-out portion 15, which hasa protector 16 formed of a piece of sheet metal bent thereabout, andsecured to the door, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This cut-out portion15 forms a'means for ventilating the interior of the compartment 10, andfor supplying the necessary amount of oxygen to keep the fire, which isensuing from the heater or fire-box17, burning.

The fire-box 17 may be of any suitable type, but it is herein shown asconsisting of a body portion or pan 18, having a handle 19 secured toone end thereof, and an opening 20 in'its upper surface, through whichoil, such as kerosene or gasolene, may be poured. A wick-supportingmember 21 extends upwardly from the upper side of the pan 18, and issubstantially centrally located thereon. The heater 17 is inserted intothe compartment 10 through the door 12, and the transparent member 14forms a means for determining whether the blaze of the wick has beenextinguished or not, with out necessitating the opening of the door. Aventilating pipe 22 is connected to one end of the casing of thecompartment 10, and extends vertically through the tank passing throughthe closure 2, and has a hood 23 mounted upon its upper end. A pipe 24:,which has an opening in one end communicating with the interior of thetank, passes through the compartment 10, directly above thewick-supporting member 21, so that the heat generated by the flames ofthe wick will be absorbed by the same. A short distance from theopposite end of the compartment 10, through which the pipe 24 enters,the same is bent downwardly so as to extend vertically within thecompartment until the same reaches a point near the bottom of thecompartment, where it is again bent outwardly so as to extend laterallyin the compartment and passes outwardly through one end of thecompartment communicating with the drinking trough 25. The drinkingtrough 25 is securely connected to the lower end of the casing 1, and issurrounded by a vacuum or dead-air chamber 26. An opening 27, which hasa short piece of pipe 28 mounted therein, communicates with the drinkingtrough 25,and forms a second inlet for the trough from the tank.

When it is desired to fill the tank with water, plugs (not shown), ofany suitable type are inserted into the pipe 28, and into the opening inthe pipe 24 which communicates with the drinking tank. The member 4 isthen inverted, as is shown in Fig. 4: of

the drawings, having the depending mem ber 6 inserted within the member3. Water The lower 4 is poured into the member at and passes through thesame into the tank. When the tank is filled to the desired height, themember 1 is again inverted, having the external screw threads upon themember 5 in engagement with the internal screw threads of the member 3,as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. This forms an air-tight closure forthe opening within the member 3 and createsa vacuum within the interiorof the casing 1. This creating of the vacuum within the easing 1 willcause the water, when the plugs are removed from the ends of the pipe 24and 28, to assume a definite level within the drinking trough 25 andremain constantly at this level. The vacuum chamber which surrounds thedrinking trough 25 is provided because of the fact that there beingabsolutely no air within this chamber, the cold air of the atmospherewill be preventedfrom contacting directly with the sides of the drinkingtrough: which contains the water, and thus greatly aid in preventing thewater from freezing within the trough.

In practical fields, certain minor features of construction, combinationand arrangement of parts may necessitate alterations to which thepatentee is entitled, provided such alterations are comprehended withinthe scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a stock drinking fountain the combination with an outer casingforming a tank, of a heating compartment secured to the bottom of saidtank and having one end thereof communicating with the exterior of thetank, means for heating said compart- 'ment disposed therein, a pipedisposed within said compartment extending, directly over said heatingmeans, one end of said pipe communicating with said tank, a trough theother end of said pipe, said pipe communicating with said trough, asecond pipe communicating with said compartment and extending throughsaid tank terminated exteriorly thereof, a pipe mounted in an opening insaid casing and extending within said trough for the purpose setforth.

2. In a stock drinking fountain the combination with an outer casingforming a tank, of a heating compartment secured to the bottom of saidtank, one end of said compartment terminating exterior of said tank, theother end of said compartment terminating midway the center and oppositeside of said tank, heating means disposed within said compartment, atrough, a pipe disposed within said compartment, and extending directlyover said heating means, one end of said pipe communicating with saidtank, the other end of said pipe terminating exteriorly ofsaidcompartment and said tank and communicating with said trough, a secondpipe communicating with In testimony whereof I aflix my signature inpresence of two Witnesses.

JOHN J. MCCOURT.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. DAHL, THOMAS H. MCGRATH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D, G.

